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Sat, 14 August 2004 20:28

Fabian
Messages: 821
Registered: April 2003
Location: Boston, MA

Karma:

Colonel

Who are you trying to convince? Yourself?

Grammaticly, George W. Bush's statement in the said video clip has one (1) correct grammatical meaning. Period.
Since you people obviously need it outlined for you...

George W. Bush

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Let's take a look at the second sentence. "They" is the subject. It refers to the subject of the previous sentence, which is "Our enemies". So the sentence can logically be replaced with:

"Our enemies never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

"Do" is a very important word in the second sentence. "Do" refers to the verb of the second sentence's first clause: "stop", which has the adverb, "never" and is attached to the infinitive "thinking". Thus making the complete action clause, "never stop thinking". The direct object of which is "new ways to harm our country".

Because we are adding a negative word ("never"), we must turn "neither" into "either" in order to maintain the meaning, because double negatives are not allowed in English. So now, we can replace the original sentence with:

"Our enemies never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and we never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people either."

Take it to any English teacher. I can't believe that this is even being disputed. :rolleyes:

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		Oooops By: Fabian on Thu, 12 August 2004 08:13
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Thu, 12 August 2004 08:25
		Oooops By: Fabian on Thu, 12 August 2004 09:18
		Oooops By: setstyle on Thu, 12 August 2004 09:38
		Oooops By: Crimson on Thu, 12 August 2004 10:38
		Oooops By: warranto on Thu, 12 August 2004 12:02
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Thu, 12 August 2004 12:14
		Oooops By: SuperFlyingEngi on Thu, 12 August 2004 13:58
		Oooops By: Crimson on Thu, 12 August 2004 14:07
		Oooops By: warranto on Thu, 12 August 2004 16:06
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Thu, 12 August 2004 16:09
		Oooops By: warranto on Thu, 12 August 2004 16:10
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Thu, 12 August 2004 16:23
		Oooops By: SuperFlyingEngi on Thu, 12 August 2004 16:29
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Thu, 12 August 2004 16:32
		Oooops By: Fabian on Thu, 12 August 2004 17:02
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Thu, 12 August 2004 17:09
		Oooops By: warranto on Thu, 12 August 2004 17:11
		Oooops By: Crimson on Thu, 12 August 2004 17:31
		Oooops By: Fabian on Thu, 12 August 2004 17:34
		Oooops By: Crimson on Thu, 12 August 2004 17:38
		Oooops By: Fabian on Thu, 12 August 2004 18:02
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Thu, 12 August 2004 18:10
		Oooops By: Fabian on Thu, 12 August 2004 18:11
		Oooops By: warranto on Thu, 12 August 2004 18:33
		Oooops By: Doitle on Fri, 13 August 2004 00:57
		Oooops By: Javaxcx on Fri, 13 August 2004 03:16
		Oooops By: Fabian on Fri, 13 August 2004 04:53
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Fri, 13 August 2004 06:44
		Oooops By: Crimson on Fri, 13 August 2004 11:47
		Oooops By: Fabian on Fri, 13 August 2004 13:35
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Fri, 13 August 2004 13:39
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		Oooops By: AlostSOul on Fri, 13 August 2004 13:59
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		Oooops By: Kholdstare on Fri, 13 August 2004 14:19
		Oooops By: Fabian on Fri, 13 August 2004 14:25
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Fri, 13 August 2004 14:33
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		Oooops By: Javaxcx on Fri, 13 August 2004 14:40
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		Oooops By: Javaxcx on Fri, 13 August 2004 14:54
		Oooops By: Crimson on Fri, 13 August 2004 17:11
		Oooops By: Javaxcx on Fri, 13 August 2004 18:06
		Oooops By: YSLMuffins on Sat, 14 August 2004 19:59
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sat, 14 August 2004 20:28
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Sat, 14 August 2004 20:30
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sat, 14 August 2004 20:34
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Sat, 14 August 2004 20:40
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sat, 14 August 2004 20:47
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Sat, 14 August 2004 20:48
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sat, 14 August 2004 20:52
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Sat, 14 August 2004 20:54
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sat, 14 August 2004 21:01
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Sat, 14 August 2004 21:03
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sat, 14 August 2004 21:11
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Sat, 14 August 2004 21:13
		Oooops By: warranto on Sat, 14 August 2004 21:19
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sat, 14 August 2004 21:23
		Oooops By: warranto on Sat, 14 August 2004 21:25
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sat, 14 August 2004 21:34
		Oooops By: warranto on Sat, 14 August 2004 21:38
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sat, 14 August 2004 21:46
		Oooops By: warranto on Sat, 14 August 2004 21:51
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sat, 14 August 2004 22:01
		Oooops By: warranto on Sat, 14 August 2004 22:13
		Oooops By: Crimson on Sun, 15 August 2004 02:20
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sun, 15 August 2004 05:18
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Sun, 15 August 2004 07:34
		Oooops By: warranto on Sun, 15 August 2004 08:04
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Sun, 15 August 2004 08:12
		Oooops By: warranto on Sun, 15 August 2004 08:31
		Oooops By: Nodbugger on Sun, 15 August 2004 08:54
		Oooops By: warranto on Sun, 15 August 2004 09:17
		Oooops By: YSLMuffins on Sun, 15 August 2004 10:20
		Oooops By: Fabian on Sun, 15 August 2004 13:01
		Oooops By: SuperFlyingEngi on Sun, 15 August 2004 15:18
		Oooops By: Crimson on Sun, 15 August 2004 16:46
		Oooops By: warranto on Sun, 15 August 2004 16:57
		Oooops By: YSLMuffins on Sun, 15 August 2004 18:37
		Oooops By: Crimson on Sun, 15 August 2004 22:58
		Oooops By: Javaxcx on Mon, 16 August 2004 00:58
		Oooops By: Crimson on Mon, 16 August 2004 01:01
		Oooops By: Fabian on Mon, 16 August 2004 03:58
		Oooops By: SuperFlyingEngi on Mon, 16 August 2004 04:22
		Oooops By: Crimson on Mon, 16 August 2004 09:09
		Oooops By: SuperFlyingEngi on Mon, 16 August 2004 10:48

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